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483:, "Soothe the white dove"). MaĂ®tre Jean, the majordomo of Countess Sylvie, arrives to buy the bird for her, as she is jealous of her rival Aminte, who seduces her lovers with a trained parrot. Mazet explains that the dove cannot be used as a messenger, but that he will try to convince his master to sell it. Despite the poverty in which he lives – and to MaĂ®tre Jean's surprise – Horace does not want to give up his favourite bird (romance and trio:
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